Kindergarten News April 2-5

Monday, April 1 No Classes	Tuesday, April 2 Literacy Read Aloud: Growing Vegetable Soup Vocabulary:  Vegetable Names Activity:  Potato Paint Writing:  Where do vegetables come from? Math   Sequence Independent Work:  Growth of a Plant Sequence
Wednesday, April 3 Literacy Read Aloud:  Little Pea Activity:  Brainstorm Vegetables We Might Add to Vegetable Soup Sound Activity: /v/ sound…brainstorm /v/ words Writing:  What do vegetables need to grow? Math  Sequence Independent Work: Practice with Picture Cards 1:35 Dismissal	Thursday, April 4 Literacy Read Aloud:  Gregory, the Terrible Eater Activity:  Discuss the Food Pyramid Craft:  Paper Plate Meal Activity Writing:  What is your favorite food? Math  Sequence Independent Work: Create a 3 Window Sequence Story
Friday, April 5 Stone Soup Ingredient Due Literacy Read Aloud: Stone Soup Vocabulary:  Vegetable Soup PWIM Activity Activity: Revisit the /v/ sound and complete page 90 Cooking Activity:  Make Vegetable Soup Writing:  What did your vegetable soup have in it? Math  Sequence Assessment:  Assess Sequencing	Notes from the Teacher: *Your child should be able to count objects and recognize random numbers through 40 and beyond, identify consonant and vowel sounds, and be able to read words from our 20 high frequency word list *There will be 1:35 dismissals on April 3 and 17th. *Our 20 Basic Kindergarten Words are:  of, was, he, it, is, with, be, as, they, for, a, on, at, and, that, in, to, are, and you. *Please pack an extra pair of socks in your child’s bag each night.  The insides of our boots are getting wet with all of the snow that is melting.  It is also a good idea to set out your child’s snow pants, gloves, and boots to dry each night. Mrs. Jass, Mrs. Jenison, and Ms. Markwardt

Kindergarten News March 25-28

Monday, March 25 Literacy Read Aloud: Fish Eyes Vocabulary:  Fish PWIM Activity Activity: Brainstorm words beginning with the /f/ sound Math  Number Line Activity:  Create Fish Number Line and Demonstrate How to Use a Number Line with Addition	Tuesday, March 26 Literacy Read Aloud: The Rainbow Fish Vocabulary:  Descriptive Words Activity:  Create Footprint Fish Writing:  Write a descriptive sentence about your fish. Math   Addition Independent Work:  Practice Addition
Wednesday, March 27 Literacy Read Aloud:  Not Norman Activity:  Bag to Fish Activity Math  Addition Independent Work: Practice Addition	Thursday, March 28 Literacy Read Aloud:  The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark Activity:  Fish Tails Worksheet 27 Craft:  Paper Plate Puffer Fish Math  Addition Independent Work: Practice Addition
Friday, March 29 No Classes	Notes from the Teacher: *Your child should be able to count objects and recognize random numbers through 40 and beyond, identify consonant and vowel sounds, and be able to read words from our 20 high frequency word list *No school March 29 and April 1 *It was great seeing so many of your at Parent/Teacher Conferences.  Thank you for supporting your child’s school success!! Mrs. Jass, Mrs. Jenison, and Ms. Markwardt

Kindergarten News March 18-22

Monday, March 18 Literacy Read Aloud: A House for Hermit Crab Activity:  House PWIM Vocabulary Activity Math  9-7  1 Fewer and 2 Fewer Independent Practice:   9-7 Practice Activity:  Ladybug Subtraction	Tuesday, March 19 Literacy Word Work:  Words Beginning with the /h/ sound Independent Activity:  House of Cards Activity Math   Subtraction Group Work:  Company’s Coming Activity 1:30 Dismissal Parent/Teacher Conferences 2-6pm
Wednesday, March 20 Literacy Read Aloud:  The House that Jack Built Activity:  Discuss Animal Homes Independent Practice:  Worksheet 35 Math  Group Work: The Kids on the Bus Activity Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8pm	Thursday, March 21 Literacy Read Aloud:  Where the Wild Things Are Activity:  Where do you live? Activity Math  Assessment: Chapter 9 Assessment
Friday, March 22 No Classes	Notes from the Teacher: *Your child should be able to count objects and recognize random numbers through 40 and beyond, identify consonant and vowel sounds, and be able to read words from our 20 high frequency word list *Parent-Teacher conferences: March 19 and 21 *Early out March 19 *No school March 22 *We would like to encourage you to visit our Book Fair when you attend conferences! *It was great seeing so many of your at the Fine Arts Festival.  Thank you for supporting your child’s school activities!! Mrs. Jass, Mrs. Jenison, and Ms. Markwardt